ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 10 -- The 60 Plus Association issued the following statement after President Trump's remarks in USA Today on preserving Medicare:

"Nobody can boldly and succinctly articulate the risks to seniors as we head into November like Donald Trump. The President speaks for tens of millions of Americans in warning how progressive liberals will destroy Medicare if they get the chance. The leftist mantra of 'Medicare for All' translates into 'Medicare for None' and nobody understands this as well as President Trump."

"Medicare has been a sacred promise to America's seniors since the 1960s and now, the progressive liberals want to wreck it in the name of socialized medicine. We cannot break this promise to the nation's retirees and we will help any way we can to ensure the promise of Medicare is honored."